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Originally Posted by steamraise
A couple of dealers I work with complain if they have to push more than two tables.
There's a word for this type of dealer: "Smoker." It's heartbreaking to see the withdrawal suffered by a hardcore smoker who has been "locked in" for more than
an hour. They're no less agitated than the heroin junkies you see on tv who are willing to perform oral in exchange for "a little taste".
I've said it before: that's why when I'm hiring, I make an effort to weed out the smokers in the interview process. The nonsmokers almost NEVER need to abandon their post hourly. They're the ones I want working for me.
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Originally Posted by Suit
Does your answer for B change if it is obvious that they are chopping it up this way to avoid winning a "taxable amount"?
"Avoiding" taxes is legal. "Evading" taxes isn't. If you enter any transaction primarily "for tax purposes", perfectly legal. That's not "evasion", which includes things like failing to report income, etc.
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One of them a dealer in the room was playing tournament (it was 2+2er youtalkfunny) and the two remaining players offered him greater than first place money in a deal.
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The problem with it is they are hotel guests and if they realize an hour later what happened they will feel cheated. This was long ago (pre-boom) so players were very unsophisticated. In a larger buy-in event with more sophisticated players there is no problem with a player negotiating more than first place.
Hey, you're lucky I snap-called their offer! They were so "unsophisticated" that I could have held out for more...and GOTTEN it!
If anyone wonders, I never held it against RR when he took money out of my pocket that night. I saw his point, and LOL'd at the absurdity of it all. How could I object to getting "only" first-place money?
BTW, there were three of us left, and I had about 90% of the chips. Both players agreed to take slightly more than 3rd place, give me the rest, then asked me if I'd be OK with that. Um...yeah, that would be fine!